Thomas Catesby Jones

Thomas Catesby Jones

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Jones was a veteran admiralty lawyer and a member of the Prize Commissioners board on the question of the American seizure of the German liner Europa as a prize of war, died yesterday in his home at 101 East Seventy-fourth Street, after a brief illness.
His age was 64.

In his practice, Mr. Jones specialized in maritime law, representing the Maritime Law Association of the United States at the Conferences of the Comite Maritime International held in Amsterdam in 1927 and in Antwerp in 1930. After the sinking of the submarine S-51 by the Steamship City of Rome in 1925, Mr. Jones acted as counsel for the dependents of the men who had lost their lives in the disaster. Damages aggregating $300,000 were sought in suits brought against the Ocean Steamship Company, owner of the steamship.

Born in Petersburg, Virginia, he was the son of the late Walter Nelson and Ada Vaughan Jones. He was a graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1899 and the next year received his master’s degree from Princeton University. He studied law at the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1902.

For the next nine years Mr. Jones conducted a law practice in Norfolk, Virginia, and then in 1911; came to New York and joined the firm of Harrington, Bigham & Englar. A year later he was admitted to the New York Bar and became a partner in the firm. He continued as a member of that firm and its successor firm Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston until his death. In the meantime, he was admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court and the Bars of many of the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal and district courts. In 1944 he was appointed Prize Commissioner in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which court was given jurisdiction of the entire Atlantic Ocean and tributary waters.

Mr. Jones married twice his first marriage was to Olga Hasbrouck on May 6, 1911. They had one child, Catesby Thomas, Jr. Mrs. Jones died in 1913. In 1916 Jones married Louisa Brooke. There are two daughters by this marriage, Mary Virginia Catesby and Mrs. Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen, III

He was a trustee of Hampden Sydney College, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and Seaman's House in this city. During the Recent World War II acted as associate Government appeal agent for Draft Board No. 50 here.
A member of the American Bar Association, he also belonged to the New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Maritime Law Association of the United States, Virginia Historical Society, Seamen's Friend Society, University of Virginia Law Association, The Virginians," Visiting Committee 1 Harvard Forest, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and the Jamestowne Society. His clubs included the Century Association and the Grolier Club.

New York Times Obituary

Name: T Catsby Jones
Birth Year: about 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 49
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA
Map of Home: Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Street Address: East Rockaway Road
House Number: 2
Dwelling Number: 398
Family Number: 398
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 35, 000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 29
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Lawyer
Industry: Admiralty Law
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
J Catsby Jones 49 Head
Louisa Jones 46 Wife
Catesby F Jones 17 Son
Mary V Jones. 12 Daughter
Frances Jones. 10 Daughter
Nellie Gollings. 46 Governess
Mark Perkens. 23 Gardener
George Miller. 46 Butler
Charles Norton. 47 Cook

A duplex penthouse of twelve rooms and six baths in the cooperative apartment house at 149 East Seventy-third Street has been leased to Thomas Catesby Jones, the attorney, for Brown, Wheelock, Harris, Stevens, Inc., agents, by the Madison Realty Company. - New York Times, May 30, 1940

Modern French Prints, Thomas Catesby Jones, 1944, Court Press, Incorporated

Immigration 15 Sep 1924: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN4H-8MV
WW1-registration: 12 sep 1918 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZJX-WQP